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A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
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Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
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Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
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I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
February 6, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
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I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
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America cannot survive as a free society if ICE and CBP continue to operate as they have over the last year—let alone as both agencies are turbocharged and empowered with even more funding, more officers, more guns, and more arrests.
What Democrats need to know to truly reform ICE
I'm an expert, and the misconduct and corruption is far deeper than even their deadly surges have shown.
www.motherjones.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:00 AM
America cannot survive as a free society if ICE and CBP continue to operate as they have over the last year—let alone as both agencies are turbocharged and empowered with even more funding, more officers, more guns, and more arrests.
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One lesson from the Epstein–Mandelson affair is that we need to stop routinely rehabilitating political careers after serious scandals.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
February 4, 2026 at 1:08 PM
One lesson from the Epstein–Mandelson affair is that we need to stop routinely rehabilitating political careers after serious scandals.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
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Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
A Secret Oil Cartel Might Have Killed Our Clean-Energy Future
In a landmark antitrust case, Michigan alleges oil companies colluded to “capture and kill” clean-energy and electric-vehicle efforts.
www.levernews.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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why we have to *drag* Dem leadership to the truth.
why are they not *leading* with it.
why do they take exception to Trump admin narratives
yet fail to advance true ones.
facts are the Renee Good/ Alex Pretti murders
were staged by CBP ICE at direction of Trump
& the 2024 election was rigged.
why are they not *leading* with it.
why do they take exception to Trump admin narratives
yet fail to advance true ones.
facts are the Renee Good/ Alex Pretti murders
were staged by CBP ICE at direction of Trump
& the 2024 election was rigged.
February 5, 2026 at 12:38 AM
why we have to *drag* Dem leadership to the truth.
why are they not *leading* with it.
why do they take exception to Trump admin narratives
yet fail to advance true ones.
facts are the Renee Good/ Alex Pretti murders
were staged by CBP ICE at direction of Trump
& the 2024 election was rigged.
why are they not *leading* with it.
why do they take exception to Trump admin narratives
yet fail to advance true ones.
facts are the Renee Good/ Alex Pretti murders
were staged by CBP ICE at direction of Trump
& the 2024 election was rigged.
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The Epstein case reflects systemic issues within the American elite. Despite clear evidence, the perpetrators will probably never be charged. They engage in exploitative practices without consequence.The American oligarchy has amassed its wealth through parasitism
February 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The Epstein case reflects systemic issues within the American elite. Despite clear evidence, the perpetrators will probably never be charged. They engage in exploitative practices without consequence.The American oligarchy has amassed its wealth through parasitism
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Canadians horrified by what ICE is doing should realize the RCMP uses the same tactics domestically against Indigenous people and yet barely anyone speaks up.
Journalists have been arrested just for trying to cover it
Journalists have been arrested just for trying to cover it
Carol Linnitt, co-founder and editor-in-chief, provides an update on The Narwhal’s court case against the RCMP. Amber Bracken finished cross-examination late Jan. 28. It took more than 12 hours.
To learn more about the trial visit www.thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom
To learn more about the trial visit www.thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Canadians horrified by what ICE is doing should realize the RCMP uses the same tactics domestically against Indigenous people and yet barely anyone speaks up.
Journalists have been arrested just for trying to cover it
Journalists have been arrested just for trying to cover it
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A 45–55 Senate vote blocks a bill funding DHS, Defense, and HHS. Every Dem voted no, joined by 8 Republicans. Most of the federal gov shuts down in under 36 hours and most of this fight is over basic safety protocols for law enforcement. Hey GOP, what happened to “law and order”?
January 29, 2026 at 7:36 PM
A 45–55 Senate vote blocks a bill funding DHS, Defense, and HHS. Every Dem voted no, joined by 8 Republicans. Most of the federal gov shuts down in under 36 hours and most of this fight is over basic safety protocols for law enforcement. Hey GOP, what happened to “law and order”?
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It’d be wild if Italian authorities arrested ICE the moment they landed in Milan. No charges. No hearings. Just shackled, put on a plane, dumped in a detention center in a country they’ve never been to, with social media clips to celebrate. I bet human rights would click fast.
January 28, 2026 at 6:42 PM
It’d be wild if Italian authorities arrested ICE the moment they landed in Milan. No charges. No hearings. Just shackled, put on a plane, dumped in a detention center in a country they’ve never been to, with social media clips to celebrate. I bet human rights would click fast.
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ICE shot a mother in the face.
ICE kidnapped a 5 year-old boy.
ICE executed a man on the street.
It’s time to tear down this secret police force.
ICE kidnapped a 5 year-old boy.
ICE executed a man on the street.
It’s time to tear down this secret police force.
January 26, 2026 at 4:11 AM
ICE shot a mother in the face.
ICE kidnapped a 5 year-old boy.
ICE executed a man on the street.
It’s time to tear down this secret police force.
ICE kidnapped a 5 year-old boy.
ICE executed a man on the street.
It’s time to tear down this secret police force.
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The moment it was crystal clear we were in the worse case scenario, was exactly a year ago when Trump pardoned every single Jan 6 perpetrator, including the ones that beat the crap out of cops and were convicted of seditious conspiracy.
January 20, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The moment it was crystal clear we were in the worse case scenario, was exactly a year ago when Trump pardoned every single Jan 6 perpetrator, including the ones that beat the crap out of cops and were convicted of seditious conspiracy.
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Sharks, rays, and skates have been on this planet for more than 400 million years, surviving mass extinctions that wiped out entire branches of life. But in just a few decades of human excess, many of these species have been pushed to the brink 🦈
Sharks on the Menu: Contamination, Extinction, and Exploitation
Herbiⓥore published a post on Ko-fi
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January 20, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Sharks, rays, and skates have been on this planet for more than 400 million years, surviving mass extinctions that wiped out entire branches of life. But in just a few decades of human excess, many of these species have been pushed to the brink 🦈
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The president has gone to war with his own citizens to punish them for the crime of not voting for him. He’s a scumbag dictator and he deserves all the appropriate remedies.
January 15, 2026 at 6:02 AM
The president has gone to war with his own citizens to punish them for the crime of not voting for him. He’s a scumbag dictator and he deserves all the appropriate remedies.
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Our most-read story of 2025:
Outraged by the Jan. 6 riot, a vigilante spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 riot, a vigilante spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Our most-read story of 2025:
Outraged by the Jan. 6 riot, a vigilante spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 riot, a vigilante spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped: